Estimation of direct costs associated with cataracts in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-32

  Menzies, F D ^a   Crockford, T ^a   Breck, O ^b,c   Midtlyng, P J ^d  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Marine Harvest Norway AS   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Natl Ctr Vet Contract Res C   (Norway)

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EID: 0344167604     PISSN: 01080288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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